Great British Quotes
13 quotes by 13 authors
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Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it.…
— John F. Kennedy
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My point is that this Potter business has legs. It will run and run, and we must be utterly mad, as a country, to leave…
— Boris Johnson
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The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are…
— Washington Irving
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The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos,…
— Joe Perry
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Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.
— James Connolly
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We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation…
— Winston Churchill
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That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps…
— Nelson Mandela
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There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit…
— Bill Pullman
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I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up…
— Stephen Fry
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My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.
— Tracey Ullman
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What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest…
— Gail Carriger
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Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand…
— John Searle
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And I was asked if I would come and help with the recovery of this great British company, Cable and Wireless, and I'm delighted to…
— Lord Robertson
Who Wrote These Great British Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 13 Great British Quotes as follows: